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Santa Barbara Premiere Catering

Those who don't learn proper cooking techniques are doomed to a life of licking pages from fancy food magazines. Cause a stir with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

$120 for a cooking class for two (a $250 value)

$236 for a cooking class for four (a $500 value)

Classes take place on Saturday through October 20. Click here to see a list of class dates, times, and topics.

Groups of students collude on their assigned menu item, and, combining their efforts, prepare and share a meal. Professional chef Stan Nicolaides leads all the classes, demonstrating techniques and offering hands-on advice within his brand-new kitchen facilities.

Santa Barbara Premiere Catering

Stan "The Man" Nicolaides first heard the siren song of the kitchen at his grandmother's table, which hoisted mountains of homemade moussaka and moist, juicy gyros. While his grandmother's Greek cuisine remains the closest food to his heart, Nicolaides also expertly serves up menus consisting of Caribbean fare such as andouille sausage in orange marmalade, urbane American dishes such as shrimp cocktails and crab cakes, and Old-World Italian pastas such as hand-folded mushroom tortellini. Beyond his own restaurant, Greek House Cafe, he's worked at the Four Seasons Biltmore, taught at Roblar Winery, and recipized raw ingredients alongside such celebrity chefs as Julia Child, Jacques Pépen, and David Hasselhoff's talking microwave from Knight Rider.